The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-08-27

MILAN. TENNESSEE
NEWS IN BRIEF.
COMPLIED from Various Sources.
LIPsN, the London Jewish murderer,
confessed on the eve of his execution.
A WESTERN waterways convention is
called to meet at Memphis, Tenn, Octo-
Der 20 to 81.
REV. DIR. PARKER, eulogist Of Henry
Ward Beecher, sailed from London for
New York on the Goth.
HENRY GEORGE was nominated for Sec
rotary of State of New York by the United
Labor convention at Syracuse.
Rev. EDWARD DoANE, an American
missionary in the Caroline Islands, has
been imprisoned on charge of melting the
natives TO disobey the Governor.
IT is semi-ofiicially stated that the
cholera in Sicily has been overcome and
that there is no longer any danger Of the
disease spreading at Naples or Resina.
GENERAL FERRoN, French Minister of
War, has gone to the Alps to establish
definitely the defenses of the southeast
ern frontier, and to organize new Alpine
corps.
A NUMBER of arrests have been made in
Philadelphia Of employees Of freight trains
on the Pennsylvania railroad, New Y ork
division. The prisoners are said to be the
leaders of an extensive gang of freight-car
thieves.
The yacht race between the Galatea and
the Dauntless, at Halifax, on the 10Th,
ended at p. M, the Galatea being the
winner on account of her allowance, al
though the Dauntless led her at the close
about hundred yards.
THHPope has conferred upon the Duke
of Norfolk the grand cross of Christ in rec
ognition of his services in behalf of the
church. The Duke Of Norfolk is about to
purchase a large palace in Rome in which
to establish a university.
MICHAEL HAUCK, timer, convicted of
having presented bill of $500 to the Gin
cinnati infrmary directors for mending
the roofs of the infrmary buildings, when,
in fact, he had done no work at all upon
the roofs, was sentenced on the 10th to the
penitentiary.
NED HANLAN, the oarsman, has gone to
San Francisco, en- route to Australia, tC
row his match with Beach, for which $500
a side has been posted. He accounts foI
the phenomenal time in his recent race
with Teemer by the fact that the course
was six hundred feet short.
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A LETTER received few days ago by
Rev. Father P. F. Healy, at Portland, Me.
from his brother, Captain Healy of the
revenue steamer Bear, announced that he
had beached his vessel, constructed a cof
ferdam, found the leak, replaced the cop
per and gone on his Northern voyage.
THE close of the week ended the 2Otl
found the Detrots still at the head of tn,
League base ball-b series, Chicago ont
game behind them and the Boston.
dropped to fifth place. The st. Louis
Browns keep their lead in the Association
with Louisville second, sixteen games be
hind.
To SHOW how worldwide is the Interest
taken in the recent railroad catastrophe il
Illinois, it may be stated that several PEG
pie at Peoria have received dispatches
from Europe, more especially from Ger
many, making inquiries after friends anC
relatives who were believed to be in tn
wreck.
Mr.. JOSEPH MILLER, Commissioner Of
Internal Revenue, who left Washington
for his home in West Virginia about
month ago for the benefit of his health
which had become considerably impaired
is now at the Warm springs of Virginia
suffering from severe affection of tn,
kidneys.
THE Secretary of the Navy is about t.
sell the old sloop of ar Cyane, now lynn
at the Mare Island Navy Yard, San Fran
cisco. The Cayne is the last ship remain
ing of the men-ofwar captured from tn
English in 1S12-15, and was taken by tn
Constitution, commanded by Captain
Chas. Stewart.
THE Secretary of War has directed fou
companies of the Twenty-third Infantry
stationed at Fort Wayne, Mich; Ligh
Battery F, Fourth Artillery, at Fort Smell
ing, and troop of cavalry at Fort LeaI
enworth, to proceed to Chicago and pal
ticipate in the drill. Colonel H. NJ. Blac
will be in command.
VIcE-PREsIDENT DECAsTRo of the Con
mercial Cable Company states that n
answer to Mr.. Mackay's proposition ha
yet been received, and that if the Wester
Union does not agree to it before the en-
of the week, the Commercial Gable Con
pany will announce cut in cable rate
to twelve cents per word.
JAY GOULD, the millionaire, has bee
put under bond to pay bill of $1O5-tha
is, he must pay that sum if it can be swor
in the United States Circuit Court tina
his yacht, Atlanta, did that amount q
damage to the canalboat VIM. E. Clear
on May n, while the latter lay safel
moored at a dock in Yonkers.
THE Steamer st. Paul ARRIVED at Sa